Dorothy Appleby
Dorothy Appleby was an American film actress. She appeared in over 50 films from 1931 to 1943.
Career
Appleby gained early acting experience as an understudy and a chorus member in plays in New York City. A newspaper article reported that Appleby "came to New York fresh from winning a Maine beauty contest."
Appleby was seen in many supporting roles, almost always in short subjects or low-budget feature films.
Appleby soon found steady work in Columbia Pictures' two-reel comedies. She appeared frequently with The Three Stooges. She worked with Columbia comics Andy Clyde, El Brendel, and Hugh Herbert, and she had an uncredited part in John Ford's Stagecoach.
Some of Appleby's Stooge comedies were Loco Boy Makes Good, So Long Mr. Chumps, and In the Sweet Pie and Pie. One memorable appearance was as Mexican brunette Rosita in 1940's Cookoo Cavaliers. In the film, Appleby gets clobbered by the Stooges when a facial "mud pack" made of concrete dries on her face. One of her later screen roles was a one-line bit in the 1941 Jane Withers feature Small Town Deb.
In October 1925, newspapers reported that Appleby had married Teddy Hayes, an athletic trainer. Days later, however, Appleby contradicted that report. "Honest Injun, I'm single," she said. "Didn't mean it when I said I was married to Teddy Hayes." On May 11, 1932, she was granted a divorce from actor Morgan H. Galloway.
Dorothy Appleby died in Hicksville, New York on August 9, 1990, aged 84.
Partial filmography
Paradise for Two - Young girl New York - Young girl Square Crooks - Kay EllisonUnder Eighteen - ElsieTrick for Trick - Maisie HenryKing of the Wild Horses - NapeetaThe Prizefighter and the Lady - Woman in Bar As the Earth Turns - DorisJail Birds of Paradise - Miss Deering - Prison WarderSchool for Girls - Florence BurnsI Give My Love - Alice HenleyTwo Heads on a Pillow - Mitzie LaVerneFate's Fathead - Dorothy ChaseCharlie Chan in Paris - NardiLet 'Em Have It - LolaRiffraff - GertieLady of Secrets - Erma North of Nome - RubyParadise Express - Kay CarsonSea Racketeers - Dancer Make a Wish - Telephone GirlFit for a King - Waitress Small Town Boy - Sandra FrenchLive, Love and Learn - Lou - Bob's Model Making the Headlines - Claire SandfordStagecoach - Girl in Saloon The Flying Irishman - Maybelle - a Waitress When Tomorrow Comes - Waitress The Women - Treatment Girl Nothing But Pleasure - Mrs. PlunkettConvicted Woman - DaisyRockin' Thru the Rockies - TessiePardon My Berth Marks - Mary ChristmanThe Doctor Takes a Wife - Woman in Book Store Gold Rush Maisie - Hatcheck Girl From Nurse to Worse - Dr. Lerious' Receptionist The Taming of the Snood - Miss WilsonThe Spook Speaks - Newlywed WifeThe Devil's Pipeline - StewardessCookoo Cavaliers - Rosita High Sierra - Margie - Joe's Girlfriend So Long Mr. Chumps - Pomeroy's Girlfriend Manpower - WilmaIn the Sweet Pie and Pie - Tiska JonesGeneral Nuisance - Army nurse DorothyHis Ex Marks the Spot - Buster's second wifeLoco Boy Makes Good - Twitchell's GirlWhat's the Matador? - O'Brien's SecretarySmall Town Deb - Tim's dancing partner